Electric Rates in Texas Cities Show Bryan Higher Than Average
A study of electric charges in 25 Texas cities finds Bryan's 25 KWH and 100 KWH rates higher than state averages. Minimum rates vary from 1.25 to 1.50 dollars, but Bryan's 25 KWH cost averages 10 cents, with 100 KWH at about 5.5 cents. The report notes potential rate reductions to stimulate consumption and discusses municipal ownership implications.
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Texas
Bryan
Plainview
Borger
Mexia
Crystal City
Texas Tech
State Board of Education
University
TSCW
Oklahoma A. & M
Iowa State College
Southern College
Texas A. & M
Federal
Department of Education
Texas A. & M. College
Growth and strains at Texas A and M College cited to lawmakers
Bryan and Brazos County chamber groups hosted Texas Legislature members touring Texas A and M College. The piece notes enrollment rising to 4 354 with 205 faculty, a 56 percent enrollment rise since 1928 29 but only 18 5 percent faculty growth, urging higher salaries and maintenance funds and larger library facilities to sustain education standards.
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Texas Legislature
Bryan
College
Texas A. & M. College
Bryan and Brazos County
Lone Star State
Galileo at Pisa Moonlit Pendulum Find Sparks 1581
An 18 year old Galileo Galilei watching a lamp in Pisa Cathedral in 1581 deduced that pendulum swings take equal time regardless of arc length. He built a pendulum clock dial and also invented an early pulsilogium to count pulse rates, a tool ahead of its time.
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Galileo
Pisa
Galileo Galilei
Mrs Haswell Donates Texas Romance Book to Carnegie Library
Mrs Tyler Haswell presents a copy of The Romantic Flags of Texas by Mamie Wynne Cox of Dallas to the Carnegie library. The gift adds to the Southern Literature shelf a project long planned by Bryan Woman's Club Past Presidents and periodically expanded.
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Tyler Haswell
Texas
Mamie Wynne Cox
Dallas
Carnegie Library
Bryan Woman's Club
Fall Breaks Arm Of Eight Year Old Marshall Logan
Eight year old Marshall Logan son of Mr and Mrs R E B Logan living below Well Born fell from a tree Saturday afternoon and broke his right arm just above the wrist. He was brought to Wilkerson Memorial Clinic for medical attention.
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Marshall Logan
R. EB. Logan
Wellborn
Marshall
Wilkerson Memorial Clinic
Ordered to active duty Meador and five Texans join 12th Cavalry
Aubrey P. Meador Jr. 2d Lieutenant in the Cavalry Reserve and five other Texans are ordered to active duty effective May 9 with the 12th Cavalry at Fort Brown.
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Aubrey P. Meador, Jr
12Th Cavalry
Fort Brown
Atlanta Man Prefers Losing Trousers to Morning Paper
An Atlanta man says he would rather lose his trousers than miss his morning newspaper. He is curious about Henry Ford’s views on the Supreme Court's latest five four decision.
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Atlanta, Ga
Henry Ford
United States Supreme Court
Ri COMINTURE Miss Clara Barton dies at Glen Echo Md
Miss Clara Barton founder of the American Red Cross died at her home in Glen Echo Maryland aged 91 after a year of ill health. The notice lists other city arrivals including Evangelist Ham and local figures traveling from Houston and Rock Prairie. A separate New York segment discusses psychiatrist views on avoidance complexes and reflections on public figures and humor in the era.
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Clara Barton
American Red Cross Society
Glen Echo
Hettie Smith
G. C. Street, Jr
Houston
Mendenhall
Weaver
Evangelist Ham
Offa Williams
Rock Prairie
W. F. Odom
Kurten
McDonald Meachum
Anderson
Civil Service Exam Opens for Fire Man Laborer in Bryan
The United States Civil Service Commission announces an open competitive exam for fire man laborer in the Custodial Service, Post Office Department in Bryan with future vacancies in similar posts in the area. Salary is 1260 dollars with 3 12 percent retirement deduction. applications available at the Bryan Texas post office.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Post Office Department
Bryan
Bryan, Texas
Shaw-Walker Office Furniture Offered For Filing Needs
Advertises Shaw-Walker filing cabinets and related office furniture for purchase. Notes availability of various filing cabinet types to meet office storage needs.
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Shaw-Walker
Busy Bryan shoppers from Brazos Valley and beyond
Residents and visitors common to Bryan and nearby towns traded in Bryan on Thursday. Among those seen were A J Wallin, W E Wallin, Mrs Louis Lero and son J C, Mr and Mrs Hal Hunter, Stiney Boriskie and Joe Stee, Mrs Pauline Sanders, Emory Smith, Mrs Arthur Moore, Mrs Ella Adams, and many others from Millican Kurten Providence Rock Prairie and surrounding areas. County officials and educators also stopped by.
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A. J. Wallin
W. E. Wallin
Brazos Valley
Bryan
Louis Lero and Son
J. C
Rye
Hal Hunter
Houston
Pauline Sanders
San Antonio
H. L. Russell
Emory Smith
Federal Grand Jury
Arthur Moore
Austin
Moore
Nell Cole
Ella Adams
Cole
Kelvin Darwood
Joe Bryan Mims
Wallace Dunlap
Millican
Tom Sebesta
J. A. Gandy
Rock Prairie
Joe Holubee Sr
Henry Holubee
John
Navasota
College
G. S. Richards
Wilkerson Memorial Clinic
Sergeant Richards
A. and
M. College
Gussie Branch
Billy Meredith
George Branch Jr
Gabe Carell Jr
Susie Reynolds
Dallas
Leonard
H. C. Willis
Brenham
Willis
First Methodist Church
Giddings Memorial Church
J. T. Sanders
Texas
Oklahoma
A. & M. College
John Caufield
R. O. Allen
Rio Grande Valley
Reliance
Byars
Will Byars Jr
George W. Saxon
C. R. Saxon
Frank Opersteny
Kurten
Chance and Williamson Address Brownwood Farm Leaders
George G. Chance and H. H. Williamson spoke to over 200 farm leaders and county agents from Extension Service District No. 7 in Brownwood about organization work under the Texas Agricultural Association.
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George G. Chance
Bryan
H. H. Williamson
Texas Extension Service
Brownwood
Extension Service District No. 7
Texas Agricultural Association
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Lee J. Rountree
Texas Daily Press League
Mercantile Bank
Lexington Ave
New York
N. Y
Association
Chicago
Illinois
Associated Press
John Hix
U. S
Pat
Xax
PW United
ENO S
NORTI
Helen Wil Moody
Howard Kinsey
San Francisco
Haswell
Humans
Gene Carr
Gene Gaisre
Daily Eagle and Pilot
Ing
Congress
J. M. Moore
Richmond
A. W. Royder
J. P. Royder
Jacob Putz
J. W. Doremus
Edward Hoffman
Ricominture
Darkey
Billie Burke
Tarrytown
Earl Carroll
Broadway
Fulton Street
Evening Mail
Metropolis
St. Paul’s Graveyard
Grantland Rice
Rube Goldberg
Ed Sullivan
Wall Street
Stock Exchange
Winnie Sheehan
Tenth Avenue
Jules Glaenzer
John H. Finley
the Times
Manhattan Island
John D. Jr
Bowery
Ring Lardner
Kin Hubbard
Will Rogers
Rennold Wolfe
Chic Sale
George Fitch
H. C. Witwer
Irvin Cobb
George Ade
Cobb
Ade
England
Biltmore
McNaught Syndicate
Chance and Williamson
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